Protenus has released its Breach Barometer for January health data breaches. While the number of insider and external incidents continue to run pretty much neck-to-neck, once again external breaches accounted for significantly more breached records than insider incidents. Protenus reports: Of note, hacking incidents affected significantly more patient records, due largely to one particular breach…
Funeral directors, hospital employee charged with corruption, data breach
Matthew Agius reports: Three men have been released on bail in relation to the leaking of personal details relating to deceased hospital patients to funeral directors. The son of a patient who died at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre had told local newspaper the Times of Malta that two funeral directors had turned up at…
NY: State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audit of Cairo-Durham Central School District – Information Technology
Background The Cairo-Durham Central School District (District) serves the Towns of Cairo, Durham, Athens, Catskill, Coxsackie and Greenville in Greene County, Conesville in Schoharie County, and Rensselaerville in Albany County. The District is governed by a Board of Education (Board) composed of nine elected members. The Board is responsible for developing policies, rules and regulations…
“Misguided” hacking bill threatens to ice security researchers, say critics
Lisa Vaas reports: The US state of Georgia is considering anti-hacking legislation that critics fear could criminalize security researchers. The bill, SB 315, was drawn up by state senator Bruce Thompson in January, has been approved by the state’s senate, and is now being considered by its house of representatives. The bill would expand the…
“Real” Insider Threats Already Lurking Within Your Organization
Nicole Lindsey reports that a new report from NTT Security suggests that as many as 75 percent of all cyber security threats may be internal in nature. Only 25 percent of threats are from what the researchers deem to be “hostile” sources. Yes, that’s right, the “real” cyber threats for organizations today are insider threats,…
U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election
Cynthia McFadden, William M. Arkin, Kevin Monahan, and Ken Dilanian report: The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials. Top-secret intelligence requested by…